different between javelin vs ravelin

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French javelline, diminutive of javelot, diminutive of *javel, from Vulgar Latin *gabalus, from Gaulish gabulum (compare Old Irish gabul (“fork”), Welsh gafl), from Proto-Celtic *gabl? (“fork, forked branch”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?eh?b?-. The Old French term was also borrowed into Middle Low German as gaveline, and into Middle High German as gabilot. Cognate with gavelock, gaffle.

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?v'l?n, IPA^(key): /?d?ævl?n/, /?d?æv?l?n/
• Rhymes: -ævl?n

Noun

javelin (plural javelins)

1. A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.

   • Flies the javelin swifter to its mark, / Launched by the vigour of a Roman arm?

2. A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.

Derived terms

• javelineer
• javelinier

Translations

Verb

javelin (third-person singular simple present javelins, present participle javelining, simple past and past participle javelined)

1. (transitive) To pierce with a javelin.

See also

• discus
• hammer

English

Etymology

French [Term?], from Italian rivellino.

Noun

ravelin (plural ravelins)

1. An outwork. A fortification outside a castle used to split an attacking force; composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon

Translations

Anagrams

• valerin